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Woodville Feb 14th 1865
Dear Brother Emmett
I received your very kind letter a few days ago I was very much delighted to hear from you again for it had been two week�s since we had a letter from you. Mother received a letter from Mrs Mathewes the same time, she was quite well she is very anxious to come to Woodville to teach if she can get a situation the reason that she is so anxious to come is so that she may be able to attend church I hope she may come I would like very much to see her. All of us here were invited to a wedding last night at Mr Harris's one of his daughters was married they thought at one time that the young man would not get there in time it was ten oclock before he arrived, all the guests were gathered and they seemed be very impatient the reason that he was so late comming was that the roads were in a dreadful condition we had a very pleasant time The war does not seeme to prevent people from getting married I believe that there has been more marriges since the war then there were before. Well Brother Emmett what do you think about the prospect of our having peace in the Spring? I hope that we may but then

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Woodville Feb 14th 1865
Dear Brother Emmett
I received your very kind letter a few days ago I was very much delighted to hear from you again for it had been two week�s since we had a letter from you. Mother received a letter from Mrs Mathewes the same time, she was quite well she is very anxious to come to Woodville to teach if she can get a situation the reason that she is so anxious to come is so that she may be able to attend church I hope she may come I would like very much to see her. All of us here were invited to a wedding last night at Mr Harris's one of his daughters was married they thought at one time that the young man would not get there in time it was ten oclock before he arrived, all the guests were gathered and they seemed be very impatient the reason that he was so late comming was that the roads were in a dreadful condition we had a very pleasant time The war does not seeme to prevent people from getting married I believe that there has been more marriges since the war then there were before. Well Brother Emmett what do you think about the prospect of our having peace in the Spring? I hope that we may but then